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Dark_Me:
I agree with Aloone_Jonez. I feel that being able to both read and write is worth it. Besides, if I wanted to alter it I wouldn't know where to begin, so it's really a nonissue for me.
I now have Ubuntu and have burnt it to disc, however I can't install it. I tried running it in Windows, then realised that trying to install another OS while the other was running was a bad idea. That and it wouldn't work. I then tried booting from it. That didn't work. I went into BIOS and changed the boot order to no avail.
Hmm, I just thought of something. If I change the boot order so that it's only option is to boot from CD will that work?

Dark_Me:
Opps, it wasn't BIOS, just the boot order in setup. And it didn't work Godammit!:(
I have AMI BIOS if that helps. Tried pressing delete during boot. Didn't work.
Okay so I admit it, I'm stuck. Someone help me. The disk won't boot. Or rather my box won't boot from it.:nothappy: I need help.
EDIT: I might try Vector Linux if Ubuntu won't/can't install. Apparently that is very easy to install.
EDIT:Or any other distro that suits my needs/unreasonable demands and will install.

piratePenguin:
I really hate it when people decide "who gives a crap about the licence, the product is far superior".
No wonder the world is in such a state.

But sometimes they don't have much choice.






I wonder why.

Aloone_Jonez:
I've just installed this software and it works a treat.

I have AMI BIOS too and I've never had a problem booting from the CD. I press F11 and it takes me to a boot menu then I select the CD and it boots with no trouble at all.

To get in to setup you need to press F2 when you boot your machine, be as quick as possible, do it just as the screen turns on before it goes beep.

Do any of these keystrokes work?
Do you have a usb keyboard?
If you do that might be the problem as I don't think the BIOS recognizes them so you'll have to use a normal PS2 keyboard, most usb keyboards come with an adaptor it's normally light green coloured.

Dark_Me:
So the setup is BIOS. How was I suppost to know? What the hell is BIOS anyway?
F2 and F11 work. My problem is that it wont boot from the disc so I can install it. It's not a live CD or anything. I have played around with the boot order so that it will boot soley from CD and it recongnizes the prescence of a CD but cannot boot from it. I might have to play around with the setup a bit.
Also Ubuntu was suppost to be an .iso image, which it wasn't. Unless you can veiw .iso images without a CD. As folders and various other things.
There isn't any other way to install Ubuntu other than booting from disc is there?

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